Country: India

A family, owner of the homestay we stayed at in Lamayuru known as Temple View, of mother father son and daughter pose for a family portrait in their kitchen just before the kids leave for their school in Leh.

7 Himalayan families which stunned us with their hospitality

An unanswered question still haunts us. If they were visitors in our city, guests in our homes, would we have treated them the same? Would they go back thinking the same

Old men, attired traditionally, in firan (loose woolen coat), with kangdi (basket with red hot charcoal pieces) keeping them warm, sharing a hookah/sheesha is as idyllic as it gets in the small town of Verinag in Kashmir.

People of the valley: Kashmir

It has always been known as “jannat“, or heaven. The valley – as Kashmir is commonly known – conjures paradisiacal images. Everywhere you look, the landscape is picture postcard perfect. In

Aerial view of the old walled city of Amer and its water bodies seen from the Jaigadh fort in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Jaipur in 24 hours: A super short visit

Rajasthan, the desert state of India is a prime tourist destination in India. Studded with “must sees”, it can be difficult seeing it all in one go, especially if one

Fotu la, the highest mountain pass on the Srinagar Leh highway, NH-1 D has beautiful well maintained roads which see a lot of heavy truck traffic in the midst of the golden mountains of the Greater Himalayas.

Mountain passes we crossed in the Himalayas

In our three months in North India, we spent most of our time in the Kashmir valley, Zanskar valley and the ever so stunning Ladakh. It was a time when

Holy lake Tuthot, with clear water and refelection of the cloudy sky surrounded by the Greater Himalayan mountain range in the village Sani an offbeat destination in the adventure valley of Zanskar

When less is more or a Simple life of Sani in Zanskar

Sani was our introduction to the Zanskar valley. It was studded with many firsts: the first face-off with “remote location” and “isolation”, a high altitude village stay and a monastery

Shikara, a type of boat used in Kashmir for transportation in water is a major tourist attraction of Dal Lake in Kashmir where tourists are given rides in the Dal lake in Shikaras decorated with colourful fabrics and bright colours.

Life and sights around Dal lake in Srinagar

On the tourist trail in Kashmir, Srinagar is synonymous to Dal lake. Which is not surprising at all. A quick glance at a map of Srinagar revealed the enormity of